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Species of gastropod
Neripteron violaceum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Neritimorpha
Order:
Cycloneritida
Family:
Neritidae
Genus:
Neripteron
Species:
N. violaceum
Binomial name
Neripteron violaceum
Synonyms
[1]
Dostia crepidularia (
Lamarck , 1822)
Neripteron (Dostia ) violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)
Nerita violacea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Neritina (Dostia ) crepidularia Lamarck, 1822
Neritina (Dostia ) violacea (Gmelin, 1791)
Neritina crepidularia Lamarck, 1822
Neritina depressa
Benson , 1836
Neritina exaltata
Récluz , 1850
Neritina gracilenta
G. B. Sowerby I , 1825
Neritina mesopotamica
Mousson , 1874
Neritina mitrula
Menke , 1830
Neritina montrouzieri
Gassies , 1875
Neritina plumata Menke, 1830
Neritina schaeflii Mousson, 1874
Neritina tourannensis
Souleyet , 1842
Neritina violacea (Gmelin, 1791)
Neripteron violaceum is a species of brackish water snail, an aquatic
gastropod
mollusk in the family
Neritidae , the nerites.
[2]
Description
Apertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum .
Abapertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum .
Distribution
India : Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Kamataka, Orissa, Tamilnadu and West Bengal;
Sri Lanka ,
Burma ,
Thailand ,
Cambodia ,
Vietnam ,
Singapore ,
Indonesia ,
Timor ,
New Caledonia ,
Samoa ,
Fiji ,
Australia ,
Philippines and
Japan
[2]
Human use
It is a part of ornamental
pet trade for
freshwater aquaria .
[3]
References
^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875310 on 2017-11-10
^
a
b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at:
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875310 on 2021-09-22
^ Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11 (8): e0161130.
doi :
10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
External links
"Familie Neritidae – Nixenschnecken" . schnecken-und-muscheln.de (in German). Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017 . {{
cite web }}
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link )
Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie. Paris: published by the Author, 232 pp
Benson, W. H. (1836). Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 5(59): 741–750
Souleyet (L.F.A.). (1842). Description de cinq nouvelles espèces de nérites fluviales provenant du voyage de la Bonite. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuviérienne. (1842): 269-270
Récluz, C. A. (1850). Des Neritines, section des Crepidiformes (sandaliformes; Mitrulae, Menke, Synop. moll 1830). Journal de Conchyliologie. 1: 58-72